It sounds too good to be true - an attractive, single woman looking for a man who likes rugby and beer.

Kelley Wigton describes herself as a "perfectly sane and fun California girl", but she has a unique dilemma. She has just landed in Wellington with two tickets to this weekend's Hertz Sevens in her hot little hands and she has no-one to go with.

So in an attempt to find someone who knows rugby - and who doesn't mind dressing up as an alligator - she is taking applications to be her sevens date through Trade Me.

The 26-year-old from San Francisco says her ideal companion would be a man aged 26 to 35, who "loves the Sevens and will drink beer and dress up with me".

She wants to attend with a guy because, in general, they tended to know more about the game, she says.

"And I want to go with someone who's just super-enthused and knows the way the game is played. I don't know a whole lot about rugby myself."